Sustainable Building Technical Manual: Green Building Practices for Design, Construction, and Operations is intended to meet the building industry’s need for a comprehensive manual of sustainable building practices. Its goal is to provide clear, easily applied guidelines and useful practices that can be readily introduced into new construction, renovation, and
building operations. The manual is designed to synthesize the large volume of available information on green buildings and direct the reader to more detailed resources for further review and reference. The manual focuses on commercial-size building projects in both the public and private sectors. Building professionals who will find this manual a useful resource include landscape
architects, planners, architects, interior designers, engineers, contractors, property
managers, building owners and developers, product manufacturers, utility companies,
building tenants, maintenance staff, and code officials.


Introduction

Part I: Economics and Environment

Part II: Pre-Design Issues

Part III: Site Issues

Part IV: Building Design

Part V: The Construction Process

Part VI: Operations and Maintenance

Part VII: Issues and Trends

Appendices